Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2024

Norway, and other Scandinavian nations were early adopters of EVs, and Germany and Japan have long been automotive powerhouses, their EV markets have lagged in mass market adoption compared to China. In 2022, new EV sales in China grew by 82%, and the country provided 35% of global EV exports. While the U.S.,

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2016

It outlined Tesla’s automotive strategy and it has been pretty much followed to the letter. The second installment moves Tesla beyond the traditional car market, with a plan to reconfigure our cities, energy systems, and our impact on the environment. The first installment had been written in 2006.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 15, 2014

If you’re in automotive, you might look at other highly regulated industries, like healthcare and finance, which manage to experiment considerably despite stringent regulatory environments. Consider investing more per customer, rather than investing in the operations that deliver quality. Look across adjacent industries.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 2, 2016

On Monday Uber said that it is selling its operation in China to a rival Chinese ride-sharing company whose CEO was in that foreshadowing photo. Kalanick gets the same on Didi Chuxing’s board, and Uber gets around a 20% share of the Chinese company, which will run Uber’s Chinese operation as a separate brand.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2017

General Motors, once the world’s largest car maker, has decided to stop selling vehicles in India by the end of 2017, since it considers its India operation to be not profitable. For a period of 14 years, General Electric had the same American expat running the India operation, Scott Bayman. Understanding it takes time and focus.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 16, 2016

He expects to operate it, perhaps daily, yet the chances are he possesses little or no mechanical knowledge. High-end cars have over 100 million lines of software code, and mass-market cars aren’t far behind. Sloan, GM’s CEO from the 1920s to the 1940s, and the architect of the U.S. He depends on his dealer.”

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